Have you ever felt overwhelmed? I was listening to an item on the radio the other day. People were talking about their “to do lists”. There are many reasons why people keep them. For some, it acts as a target tracker, things they want to achieve. For some, it acts as a handy reminder a […]
Yesterday morning, long before anybody else arrived in Church, I let myself into the Church and spent a bit of time in thought and in prayer. During this time, I picked up my copy of the rule of Benedict (as you do) the rules of the Benedictine monks. It was the very first word […]
There was a headline in my newspaper today that caught my attention. It read; Blind mystic who foresaw 9/11 and Brexit predicts gloom for 2019 If I took this headline at face value (which I do not), 2019 looks as though there may be trouble ahead. I looked at the article in question and, to […]
Silently, how silently, […]
I don’t know about you, dear reader but, I always find I get weary at this time of year. Trust me, this isn’t the blog about how hard ministers work at Christmas! For many years I worked in industry and Christmas always presented us with a focus point for orders to be out, invoices raised […]
There are two subjects I hate preaching on. The first is anything to do with s_x (I blush as I type). The second is money (no blush but, a distinct feeling of discomfort). Unfortunately, both subjects appear in the Bible because, the Bible is about the reality of life and the God who is […]
I was in two minds whether or not to put “pen to paper” and share these thoughts with you or not. They are not in any way complete but, they are something that I feel God has been speaking to me about recently. I have been really challenged over the past few weeks over the […]
Like many people, my thoughts recently have been centred around the upcoming anniversary of the end of the First World War. To mark the occasion, I am spending a couple of weeks preaching a series I have called “The Peace of God”. My talk yesterday focussed on a well-known verse from Isaiah 2; He […]
I am, dear reader, old enough to remember what the world was like BMP – Before Mobile Phone! I can even remember the days before we had a telephone in our house so, if you needed to make a call, you had to find a call box and make sure you had enough 2p pieces […]
Sometimes, when I read the Bible, I like to imagine myself within the story. I ask myself, who am I, what can I see, touch, hear and smell. I find this really helpful when it is a well-known story and a text that I am tempted to almost “skip over” and so would miss what […]